The last few weeks
have been a doozy! My legs have added a new source of frustration, the solution
to deal with ascites was to get rid of all that excess water.
I could not have foreseen what happened next, within a week I
lost near 15 lbs, turns out flushing all the water out of my system has left me
rather bone skinny. After a week of the rx, I was introduced to what has become
a new daily battle.
My legs seized, while most of the muscles cramped, the rest Charlie
horsed or fell asleep depending upon the angle. For a good near hour I was
restricted to the floor, I am lucky in that my friends were all there to take
care of me. Ice did very little, heat helped more, so heat and steam became my
remedy until they depeleted their usefulness. After talking with a friend of
mine she explained a few things about the rx I was on. Turns out, in flushing
your system, potassium, sodium and magnesium get depleted easily. To make the
balance harder I am on a low sodium diet, making supplements, and fruity snack
choices my primary tools alongside water in preventing the debilitating leg pain.
The pain, I can get used to, I can deal with it. but the frustration
is with my newfound lack of independence. It’s a hard concept to take in, to
know that where I stand presently, i essentially can’t risk driving too far by
myself, and at times I can’t drive, can’t move. i’m getting a pretty good
handle on it, which is nice because I’m certain I will be able to stop taking
them soon.
Also a new staple to my diet is massive amounts of protein I
am to be having a minimum of 40-60gs per day. Luckily I always make sure to do
curls and wear sunglasses while I drink my protein drinks.
The Liver life walk team is growing!!! I’m so excited, we’ll
be ordering shirts third week of march so sign up before then.
I also have an upper
endo soon, the day after my birthday next week, woohoo. lets hope to keep the varicies under wraps.
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